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Title: A Victorian Tumbler
Post by: Laird on September 16, 2024, 11:43:12 AM

This is a substantial tumbler, 12cm high and 8.5 cm rim diameter.
I expect it was a commemoration piece, possibly presented to someone. Probably intended as a beer glass.
It is inscribed, 'I. L. Ayr' (a town in Ayrshire, Scotland) on one side, and with a swan on the opposite side. Engraved with ferns and fronds.

Title: Re: A Victorian Tumbler
Post by: Paul S. on September 16, 2024, 05:28:03 PM

good looking glass.    Are you confident that, what appears to be a person's name, is related to Scotland?  -  at least the words appear to be representing someone's name rather than indicating Scotland -  I wonder how many people with the name Ayr there are north of the border?                            Apparently, in 2022, two rare black swans were spotted swimming in Ayr Harbour  -  they were thought to have come from Australia, and only four wild black swans have ever been seen in Scotland - can't see any specific connection between swans and Ayr.          So, you have swans and pteridomania ;)